Yesterday the Heritage Foundation came out and essentially suggested that “President Obama should reach out to a senior republican official. Perhaps former President George W Bush to lead the bipartisan effort.”

Now Bill Clinton has been the UN special envoy or whatever the official title is, to Haiti for some time now. He already held that role. And so you know his jumping in and leading this thing both within the United Nations and within the United States and worldwide makes perfect sense.

Transcript: Thom Hartmann discusses Haiti before and after the earthquake with Brian Concannon. 14 Jan '10

Thom Hartmann: And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American Way. Thom Hartmann here with you. And pleased to be with you. Pleased to be alive and that’s, you know, given what’s going on in Haiti right now we should all be counting our blessings.